Chad - Unknown disease in Guéra - Malaria suspected

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Guéra: a disease of unknown origin ravages Melfi

Tchadinfos
24 October 2021

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An illness of unknown origin appeared in Melfi in the department of Barh Garada, province of Guéra.

Symptoms include cough, headache, fever, vomiting, etc. Indeed, since the appearance of this unknown disease, there have been seven deaths until today, according to the major of the hospital of Melfi Idriss Mahamat Khamis. “The victims were identified in the ferricks close to Melfi,” he said.

According to the opinion of the major, reached by telephone, this disease should be contagious given its rapid spread.

Thus, an entire family died from the disease, according to the hospital major. Making a diagnosis (test) on patients with this unknown disease, the result reveals positive symptoms of malaria made with RDTs.

As we do not control the source of this disease, samples of Covid-19 were taken from patients who are being analyzed in Mongo, the hospital major said.

Descending into the ferricks, antimalarial treatment, antibiotics as well as mosquito nets were given.

For the time being, the situation seems to be under control because the notification of cases is on the decline.

Bechir Badjoury Abbanou, correspondent for Guéra

https://tchadinfos.com/politique/mongo-une-maladie-dorigine-inconnue-fait-ravage-a-melfi/

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Chad: Minister of Health reassures about unknown disease in Guéra

Madjissembaye Ngarndinon
24 October 2021

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In recent days, an unknown disease is frightening in the province of Guéra. The Minister in charge of Public Health, Abdoulaye Saber Fadoul comes, through his social networks to make an update.

“For two days, rumors have been circulating about an alleged unknown epidemic that caused the death of about fifty people in the Melfi area in the village, says Tamki. We want to reassure our compatriots that between October 19 and 23, three field missions have already been carried out by our teams from the provincial delegation of Guera in close collaboration with the administrative authorities ”, writes Abdoulaye Saber Fadoul.

For the Minister of Health, despite limited resources, the ministry's teams had to diagnose 52 patients, treat 12 on site or refer them 4 to the nearest health facilities, but also to distribute insecticide-impregnated mosquito nets. , raise awareness, etc.

For the minister, everything indicates that it is about cases of malaria, with 8 deaths counted by his teams in these ferriks of the nomads, “which need to be sensitized to frequent the health structures instead of trusting the charlatans itinerants ”.

Abdoulaye Saber Fadoul reassures that for the moment, the situation is under control. “Samples are sent to our laboratories to confirm the first diagnoses. A multidisciplinary team from the Ministry will be dispatched tomorrow to the districts concerned for further investigations ”, indicates the Minister of Health, who urges people to“ refrain from causing psychosis that is not justified ”.

https://tchadinfos.com/tchad/tchad-...assure-sur-la-maladie-inconnue-dans-le-guera/

 

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8 Chadians killed by unknown disease

A team is responsible for carrying out a “thorough investigation” to identify this mysterious disease which is rampant in Guéra.

Arnaud Ntchapda
Written on 10/27/2021

There is cause for concern. 8 members of the same family died from an unidentified disease in the province of Guéra. This disease is characterized by cough, headache, fever and vomiting, according to Idriss Mahamat Khamis, the major of the Melfi hospital where the victims were being treated.

"This disease should be contagious given its rapid spread every day," said Idriss Mahamat Khamis to our colleagues in Alwihdainfo.

For the Ministry of Health, everything indicates that it is malaria . “ Samples are sent to our laboratories to confirm the first diagnoses. A multidisciplinary team from the Ministry will be dispatched from tomorrow to the districts concerned for additional investigations ”, indicates the Minister of Health, Abdoulaye Saber Fadoul, who invites “ to refrain from causing psychosis that is not justified ”.
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"The situation is under control"

If Abdoulaye Saber Fadoul believes that the nomads, who are very numerous in the province of Guéra, “need to be made aware of going to health facilities instead of trusting itinerant charlatans” , he never ceases to recall that “the situation is under control ”. According to figures from his department, 52 patients have been diagnosed at this stage in the Guéra. Among these, 12 patients were treated on site while 4 others were transferred to other health structures.

The leading cause of consultation in public health facilities in Chad, malaria - which is transmitted through the bites of certain infected mosquitoes - is the leading cause of death in Chadian children under five. In 2021 alone, more than 350,000 confirmed cases of contamination were identified, including 546 deaths.

https://www.allodocteurs.africa/8-tchadiens-tues-par-une-maladie-inconnue-6791.html

 

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Health: Suspected cases of yellow fever, meningitis and hepatitis in Mandoul and Tandjilé

November 5, 2021 N'Djaména News

The Minister of Public Health and National Solidarity, Mr. Abdoulaye Saber Fadoul led, this Thursday, November 4, 2021, two semi-virtual meetings on "false information, reporting 91 dead people, in the province of Guéra following a disease ”, and the health situation in the provinces of Tandjilé and Mandoul where suspected cases of yellow fever, meningitis and hepatitis, are taken for in-depth analyzes.

Regarding the false alarm in the health districts of Melfi and Bitkine, the analyzes revealed cases of malaria and a case of Covid-19, immediately taken care of. The Minister of Health informs that the number of deaths reported by bad tongues have not been confirmed.

The team of the health delegation of Guéra, supported by technicians who left N'Djaména, carried out surveys in the field. And the result indicates that the news relayed on social networks is completely unfounded.

In a presentation made this Thursday by the head of mission Mr. Djoumbé Ephraïm, Deputy Director of Surveillance and the Fight against Disease, it appears that actions are being carried out in order to promote the provision of health services in the two districts.

Likewise, working sessions were held with officials, at various levels, to sensitize the nomadic population to use health services and avoid being used to sow panic and desolation within them.

The Minister of Public Health and National Solidarity reminds the audience that individuals often engage in these kinds of false alarms.

This is why he invites all the heads of his department to take responsibility, loyally, without taking into account the foolish statements, which believe to disrupt the proper conduct of activities. Mr. Abdoulaye Saber Fadoul also urges the members of the mission to follow the implementation of the recommendations formulated for the proper functioning of health services.

https://www.ndjamenaactu.com/sante-...-et-dhepatite-au-mandoul-et-dans-la-tandjile/

 

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